Was at Merrill two wks ago for two nights. First night the wind died around
8:30pm, hatch was prolific and the fish hit, following the "natural
trend"...first on emergers, then dries. Emergers worked the whole hatch,
which lasted 60-90 minutes (a slightly earlier hatch of what looked like
gray drakes -- pretty good size for normal mays -- came off with a bit of
surface activity). The second night the wind slowed down, but kept up some
gusts and the hatch was substantially weaker...hardly worth the up wind
pull to get there. I caught three fish the first night, one long skinny
cutthroat & two 13" rainbows. One of my buddies caught a large brown
(19-20") on an emerger the first night (all the fish from same area).
Pat Bolton
Jim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/27/2001 11:22:21 AM
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Subject: Re: Merrill/Leech
At 10:38 AM 07/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Anybody been to Lake Merrill of late?
>Is the Hex hatch still on?
>Can you get a boat down to the lake? I thought I heard the campground was
>closed.
>
>Has anyone fished Leech Lake this summer?
>
>Thanks-
>Mike
Hi Mike
Last I heard the campground is now open. Even when the campground was
closed
earlier this summer, the boat launch was open.
Where's Leech Lake?
Jim Jones
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